Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art

The Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (京都市美術館, Kyōto-shi Bijutsukan) is one of the oldest art museums in Japan.[1] It is located in Okazaki Park in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto and opened in 1928 as a commemoration of Emperor Hirohito's coronation ceremony as it was initially called the Showa Imperial Coronation Art Museum of Kyoto.

Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
京都市美術館
Location of the museum
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (Japan)
Established1933 (1933)
Location124 Okazaki Enshojicho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Coordinates35°00′46.21″N 135°47′00.85″E
TypeArt museum
OwnerKyoto City
Public transit access
Nearest car parkOkazaki Koen Parking Lot (can be used for fee)
Websitewww.city.kyoto.jp/bunshi/kmma/en/
Kyoto Museums Four

Upon renewal of the museum in 2020, Kyocera obtained the naming rights and the museum was renamed to Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art (京都市京セラ美術館).

Important works in the collection
  • Takeuchi Seihō: 芙蓉 (1882), 年中行事 (1886), 池塘浪静 (1887), 雲龍 (1887), 遊鯉 (1887), 宇野老人像 (1895), 渓山秋月 (1899), 散華 (1910), 散華 (1910), 熊 (1910), 雨 (1911), 絵になる最初 (1913), 金魚の句(1913), 潮沙永日 (1922), 酔興 (1924), 馬に乗る狐 (1924), うな辺 (1926), 雷公 (1930), 松 (1932), 水村 (1934), 風竹野 (1934), 風竹 (1934), 驟雨一過 (1935), 静閑 (1935), 雄風 (1940), 色紙十二ヶ月(1926–41), 八功徳水,冬瓜にねずみ

Building information
  • Planning: Maeda Kenjiro
  • Completion of construction: 1933
  • Total floor space: 9,349m²
  • Full address: 〒606-8344　京都府京都市左京区岡崎円勝寺町124

Access
  • Kyoto Municipal Subway Tozai Line
  • Kyoto City Bus
    • Okazaki Koen / Bijutsukan,Heian Jingu-mae stop (Route 5, 46, 100, 110 and Kyoto Okazaki Loop)
    • Okazaki Koen / ROHM Theatre Kyoto, Miyakomesse-mae stop (Route 32)

Surroundings

References
  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Museums" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 671-673.



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